In terms of kids who are aiming for top-tier schools, it's a fairly average schedule. My schedule this year as a sophomore is similar, only I have two choir classes as well (I attend a performing arts high school) and honors classes are called "Advanced":

As to the question about my schedule compared to other sophomores: The only class available on a higher level is pre-calculus honors, which I do not qualify for due to my current level in math. However, I plan on taking Pre-Cal over summer. Also: My planed Junior and senior schedules: 11TH: AP US HISTORY HONORS ENGLISH 3 AP BIOLOGY AP PHYSICS B AP CALCULUS AB JOURNALISM 3 SPANISH 3

Um why do you have 2 years of AP Bio? And why are you taking two years of calc? You only need to take calc BC, they're pretty much the same for the first half of the year. A year of review for AP bio isn't going to help you become an MD. Take AP Chemistry instead.

Or maybe my school's just strange.

Uclaismyway, for ivy's that's a pretty common schedule. Don't worry though, just try to get in more AP's for jr. and sr. year

Uclaismyway, i'm kinda confused: Are you taking AP Bio again senior year? One post you said you were, the other post you said no

Nope; that was a mistake. I'm only taking one, I never heard of repeating a class unless you are retained or in leadership, journalism,etc. Anyway; what is up with people taking calculus BC junior year? Why don't you take calculus AB first, you still have another year of math after anyway.

im sorry you people are sick...asking if taking five honors classes as a freshman or sophomore is good enough...please. i'm in the same boat as most of you, i'm planning on applying early to harvard next year. but there's no need to kill yourself!!! there is a clear distinction between challenging yoursell and consenting to suicide! my friends who are seniors who were accepted to schools like princeton, harvard, yale, etc. didn't have every single class they ever took as honors! i have fun but i also do well and take hard classes..don't kill yourself, jesus- have some fun, and get a life

i think you all have wonderful schedules. also remember that colleges look at if you challenge yourself enough. so how rigorous your schedule is proportional to the classes your school offers. it is difficult to compare two people's schedule from two different schools because without knowing what classes the schools offer as a whole.

it lackluster to some of your schedules... but it is most rigorous classes my school offers for sophomores

and looking back... i really dont think taking all honors/ap/ib course load killed me in anyway. i still hang out with friends basically every week, go to dances, have a job, have boyfriends... its all a matter of balancing your time and organizing your life. but certainly, it helped me a lot with getting into good schools.

I took geometry in the 8th grade, I took an algebra course in a couple of weeks one summer, not like I had anything better to do at home. I skipped precalc after I took Honors Alg 2. So I took Calc as a sophomore.

i transferred into my middle school from a private school in 6th grade and they put me into algebra. so i took geometry in 7th, alg 2 in 8th, precalc in 9th and calc bc in 10th. now as a senior, im taking further mathematics ib... and apparently only about 70 kids in the world took that class last year.

wow - at my school they won't let sopohomores take AP classes. I am in my junior year right now and am taking 3 APs (took my last ap exam this morning!!) and the rest honors. This is my junior year schedule:

That isn't that impressive compared to some of your sophomore schedules, but for my school it is considered pretty darn good, and plenty of people from my high school get into harvard, yale, and the other ivy leagues. so take a couple aps that you can manage and then focus on becoming more well-rounded - do sports, do volunteering, clubs, leadership, music, drama, etc. whatever you are interested in. colleges would rather see that then someone who took 7 aps but didn't do any sports and was only in like one club.